The Milwaukee Bucks stunned the NBA this summer by waiving Damian Lillard and stretching the remaining $113 million on his contract over the next five years. Now, he could join another playoff-caliber team in the Eastern Conference.

With the former Trail Blazer expected to miss most, or all, of next season as he recovers from the injury, the Bucks opted to waive the nine-time All-Star, stretching his contract over the next five seasons to make their new four-year, $107 million pact with Myles Turner work.

The Milwaukee Bucks are stretching and waiving Damian Lillard to make space for Myles Turner, and the man himself is reportedly happy about it.

Former Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard was reportedly miserable during his time with the team, according to new reports. Lillard was waived and stretched o

Many of the Bucks' big offseason personnel moves became official over the last two days. What else do they need to fill out their roster?

Turner, drafted by the Pacers in the first round in 2015, had spent his entire career with Indiana. He was the longest-tenured player on the Pacers, a team that knocked the Bucks out of the playoffs the last two years and represented the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals in 2025.

Damian Lillard kept it short and simple. Lillard didn't put out a long statement after the Milwaukee Bucks released him July 1 after two years. He used just two hashtags in a caption on Instagram that showed him in casual clothes. The first: "ToBeContinued."

The superstar was “not pleased” with Milwaukee’s decision to waive Lillard in order to sign Myles Turner, NBA Insider Chris Haynes reported Tuesday on X. “He just didn’t like how it was handled,” Haynes added during a Tuesday appearance on NBA TV.